Thematic Bible: Ascension of


Thematic Bible



“Don’t cling to Me,” Jesus told her, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to My brothers and tell them that I am ascending to My Father and your Father—to My God and your God.”

For the Messiah did not enter a sanctuary made with hands (only a model of the true one) but into heaven itself, so that He might now appear in the presence of God for us.



Then what if you were to observe the Son of Man ascending to where He was before?

You ascended to the heights, taking away captives;
You received gifts from people,
even from the rebellious,
so that the Lord God might live there.

For it says:

When He ascended on high,
He took prisoners into captivity;
He gave gifts to people.


Then after speaking to them, the Lord Jesus was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.

Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens—Jesus the Son of God—let us hold fast to the confession.


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